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The Humber refinery – a key indigenous source of supply

...from the government to support the project. The Humber refinery was commissioned in 1969, initially with a processing capacity of 80,000BD, the refinery predominantly ran sweet low sulphur Es Sider...
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What price oil? Q3 2025 in review

...European refinery disruption. Shell closed its 404,000bpd Pernis refinery in Rotterdam for maintenance, while an unexpected outage occurred at the Essar Oil Stanlow refinery, impacting UK petrol supplies. Further to...

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The UK’s refineries: past, present and future

...Total sold the refinery, along with associated distribution assets, to the Prax Group. The main channels of product distribution to the UK market are as follows: Road, from the refinery...

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Energy Resilience – Is the UK facing a crisis?

With the Lindsey Oil Refinery entering administration the UK faces real challenges around our ability to maintain national energy resilience. In this article, Global PMI Partners, the post-merger integration specialist,...
Grangemouth march for jobs

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A just transition for Grangemouth?

...could have invested in Grangemouth Refinery over a period of 5 years, therefore saving jobs and the future of Scotland’s refinery. I believe the UK Government could have intervened. “As...

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The Prax Group to purchase Lindsey Oil Refinery

...“We are committed to all Lindsey Oil Refinery employees, who are a key element for the future success of the refinery.” Lindsey Oil Refinery saw a major investment from Total...

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Prax Group agrees purchase of Total Lindsey Oil Refinery

...are a key element for the future success of the refinery.” Lindsey Oil Refinery saw a major investment from Total in 2015, which modernised and streamlined the refinery. “Since selling...

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Strategic supply from Britain’s largest refinery

...refinery complex, with generating capability of 130 megawatts of electricity and 150 of heat.   Product movements Fawley is first and foremost an inland refinery. Its supporting logistics infrastructure is...
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Prax Lindsey refinery set to close with no buyer found

...Ineos’s Grangemouth closure earlier this year, reducing the UK’s major refinery count from six to just four. Despite reassurances from the Minister that Phillips 66’s nearby Humber refinery and transitioned...

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UK refining – hunting for answers

...A large refinery reputedly contributes £60 million to the local economy.  “Closed in 2009, Petroplus’ Teesside refinery was an ex-ICI plant, very simple in refinery complexity terms but closely integrated...

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Disrupting the sector: the new Nigerian super-refinery

...the size of the UK’s largest refinery (Exxon Fawley). Equally important is Dangote’s technical sophistication, with a Nelson (Refinery) complexity classification of 10.5 (out of 14). This puts it above...

Opinion

A reliable and secure supply

...road, and the refinery can accommodate all these requirements. Prax Lindsey Oil Refinery will play a substantial role in the Prax UK supply chain, in line with the company’s vision...